Energy Equity - Data Sources
04. Data Sources
Overview
- % Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, Asian, or multiple races - % of population that identifies as one or more races other than white, non-Hispanic
- Educational attainment - % of population age 25 and older that has obtained a bachelors degree (4-year college) or higher
- % Non-English speakers - % of households where another language is spoken at home
- % unemployed - % of labor force (ages 16-65, not in school, able to work) not working in full-time, part-time, temporary/seasonal, or gig work
- % renters - % of occupied housing units that are renter-occupied
- Age of housing - Median date housing (single- and multi-family) was constructed
- Housing burden - % of households that spend 30% or more of their income on housing
- % without health insurance - % of people under age 65 without health insurance
- % without internet - % without in-home access to broadband internet
- % with a disability - % of people under 65 with a disability
- Hurricane risk - Hurricane risk out of 100. Composite index that integrates frequency, severity and the extent to which people and property are exposed
- Heat wave risk - Heat wave risk out of 100. Composite index that integrates frequency, severity and the extent to which people and property are exposed
- Energy burden (affordability) - % of a household's gross income used to pay utility bills
- Energy efficiency savings - natural gas (state) - Natural gas savings (MCF) as a percentage of retail natural gas sales
- Energy efficiency savings - electric (state) - Electric savings (MWh) as a percent of retail electric sales
- Equity in residential electric rates (state) - Residential electric rate (cents per kWh) as a percentage of the average of commercial and industrial rates
- Community Power Score (state) - Composite of rating scales on 11 indicators of the ability of communities to develop and own clean energy. A proxy measure of energy democracy, normalized as a percentage
- # Households with rooftop solar - # of households in a census tract with rooftop solar
- Median income of households with rooftop solar - Data for census tracts with at least 10 households that have rooftop solar. Data for tracts with 1-10 households with solar not available
- % of mobile homes - Percentage of households living in mobile homes
- Single parent households - Percentage of households with a single parent as head of household
- Number of households - Total number of households in the census tract
- Population - Total population in the census tract
- Home Energy Affordability Gap (county) - The average difference between (in dollars) between current energy bills and an affordable energy bill (6% of gross household income) for households below 200% of Federal Poverty Level.
- Eviction risk (county) - Eviction filing rate